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The Life-Changing Magic Of Decluttering In A Post-Apocalyptic World

Tom Gauld is a Scottish cartoonist and illustrator. He’s produced artwork for The New Yorker, New York Times, The Guardian, and New Scientist, and I’m a huge fan of his work (also see his Dystopian Road Signs). His latest short comic for newyorker.com, ‘The Life-Changing Magic Of Decluttering In A Post-Apocalyptic World’  is a hilarious take on keeping your home mess-free after an apocalypse…

Read the whole cartoon on The New Yorker website.

 

 

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Minecraft Geology

Like Geology? Love MineCraft…? Then these models will be perfect for you…

The British Geological Survey has recreated several of their geological maps as 3D landscapes within the MineCraft game. Now you can explore the British Isles both above and below the ground! These models not only show the rolling land surface, but also how the underlying rock strata rise and fall, and overlap and fold, at different depths. All of the three-dimensional geology, elevation and topography are drawn from BGS and Ordinance Survey data. Now for the first time you can tunnel underground in MineCraft through real geological layers.

See the BGS website for more details on how these were made, and to download the MineCraft models.




 

 

 

 

 

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Incredible resourcefulness

Humanity is incredibly resourceful, resilient and inventive, and time and time again comes up with ingenious solutions during times of hardship, or even just simple but effective fixes from everyday life. Here’s a gallery of my favourite examples of this incredible resourcefulness.

Low-tech Vespas build by Philippines villagers (image via @fidelluvssusie)
Low-tech Vespas build by Philippines villagers (image via @fidelluvssusie)

 

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How to face the end of Civilization

How to face the end of Civilization

 

‘How to face the end of Civilisation’ features in Scott Meyer’s wickedly funny series of cartoons, Basic Instructions. Click on the image to see the full version on his website.

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Post apocalyptic diorama

post apocalyptic dioramaLast September I found myself gazing at the sunset over the London skyline. I was on the roof of Peckham’s multi-storey car park. There’s a multiplex cinema at the front, and the top three floors are home to a summer pop-up bar and sculpture show. The thought struck me that my next diorama project should be a ruin – a post apocalyptic diorama – and why not choose the very building I’m standing on…? My art practice employs architectural model-making to create photographic narratives and the idea of an overgrown but recognisable (at least to the people of Peckham) future ruin appealed. So here is my large-scale diorama of a post-apocalyptic Peckam…

Guest post by Nick Cobb

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Rugged vehicles

camper van rugged vehicle

My greatest concern, come the apocalypse, is how on Earth I’m going to transport all my looted groceries home from Sainsburys without my yoghurts getting punctured by falling debris. I don’t actually know how to drive, but I’m relying on the fact that the apocalypse will happen before I need to learn – and if these rugged vehicles are sufficiently big and ugly I’ll smash out my own roads, dammit. With the help of these beauties, *nothing* need stand in my way.

Guest post by Leila Johnston

 

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Henry’s Quest

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There are few books I’ve waited for the delivery of as eagerly as this. Henry’s Quest by Graham Oakley is absolutely charming, with a wonderfully imaginative storyline and gorgeous illustrations. This children’s book is set in a post-apocalyptic future, a world without fossil fuels where society has regressed to a medieval subsistence. Henry is a young shepherd, and in order to win the princess’s hand in marriage he goes on a quest to capture the mythical beast PETROL.

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